I am sure you have heard over the years the term "Nirvana" which originated from the Buddhists about a place where all your needs, wants and desires are met. The goal is to get in a state called Nirvana. It's their idea of a Heaven.
On Google, I saw it described as "Nirvana is a place of perfect peace and happiness, like heaven. In Hinduism and Buddhism, nirvana is the highest state that someone can attain, a state of enlightenment, meaning a person's individual desires and suffering go away."
The Muslims you know are promised the 72 virgins, that is their "nirvana". It's become a catch all term for everything you could want.
Many in seeking that place of "wow, all my needs and wants are met!" work to eliminate all other states of mind to find that, and of course they never do. Some think if they just had a bunch of money, that would cure all their woes and it would satisfy all your desires, but how many of you have heard testimonies where people said they came into money and then really started to miss Jesus. They thought He was there, but He wasn't.
Luxury can always be easy going into. The soulish flesh nature is catered to, the immediate needs are met and it's not a hassle, and it feels pretty nice! Going up to new levels easy is great! We can get used to it! We're blessed! So then on comes the "blessed ones" and their competitions. It's about "the blessing." Oh, I know I am stepping on toes, but not with mean intent. You have to know in your soul what you are about.
I myself have agreed with the statement "I've been rich, and I've been poor, rich is better!" And of course there is some truth to that but it's not all the truth.
The other day I heard someone make a big deal out of wealth, wealth, and more wealth, but I got a check in my spirit. The presentation was that if we had all the money we needed, we couldn't go wrong. The bait was to give and give because the move of God is on and the “wealth transfer” is coming in. Yes, there is and there was at least one, but did the people respond correctly after that? Usually the season is real short! Don’t we want more than that?
Oh, there was so much warfare, between Moses and the people, the people with each other, Aaron and the people and compromising, slaying a bunch of the people in the camp who got frustrated and gave up the Lord, and I can see these same temptations in me when the going gets hard!
But the Lord showed me in a vision a young husband and wife, so in love with each other, finding delight, serving Him, having children and sharing life, so many things going good, but life happened in the ways that it can, and places got hard. The stress of pressure weakens one and family strength is needed but it is is not always there.
When the wife got stressed, she wanted the husband to be her father now and he was not that. When the husband got stressed, he wanted the wife to be a mother and she was not that. The stress caused pressure and when they leaned too hard on the other that way, they each pulled away from the marriage.
He didn't become the father, he'd rather be with his other buddies who got him, and she would not become the mother, she had friends too, it would change the dynamic of their love, so they pulled away in their hearts, if not more than that. "Nirvana" was to be sought for but it was not easily found, because it wasn’t real.
So chuck it all and move on? To strive for “my needs are met” Nirvana in this "religious" theme, is to give and suffer and die for this "place", rather than for this relationship. You know how it's said money answers all things, but it is not all there is! There is something beyond it. It can be greatly used for good, but there is more to life than just money.
God is calling us into RELATIONSHIP with Him and He is not without continuing rewards, but it is a relationship. There is sacrifice and some suffering. It’s not all suffering to pay a debt we can’t pay.
Even when the filthy rich who have had all this wealth and fill their face and life with pleasures and treasures and quests, they still come up empty without the real God. How many have committed suicide, hurt themselves to feel something, cry many tears in the night because money is there, but relationship is gone?
Relationship doesn't just work because we wish it to. We lay foundations for relationship. We can't demand, command and intimidate others to have any kind of real relationship with us. We may coerce and dangle baits, but it doesn't bring real rewards. Love is real in a soul and so is heartbreak. And people will kill for "Nirvana"!
This is why Jesus calls the foundation in Him. He is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. He has a faith in us that is like no other. He can go into the soul and find all the hidden treasures. Delight can be found in Him but it's about a marriage with Him, not just a zone or stoned out place of hitting the constant pleasure button over and over. There is a fellowship of His suffering. He suffered for us, for the joy set before Him.
Drugs hook people because that is what they offer - a zone of pleasure time of "no troubles, no work that is not rewarded, no feeling (conscience)", and it draws in damaged people who need healing and soothing. Pay the man for the dope and you are free! -- for a little while, then give them your body and soul and literally lose your mind. Because there is a price to be paid for this. We baited you, but now we want your soul... now you are hooked and disadvantaged, so you owe us or suffer more. It snares you. And many suffer greatly.
Nirvana - walk on gravel on your knees over sand and glass - suffer in all the ways you can think to suffer and reach "Nirvana" where you don't suffer anymore but your pain and sensitivity finally dies. Whip yourself, crucify yourself to a cross, beat yourself up in whatever ways you can think, you will find "heaven" that way, but you don't. Tell everyone how great you are, but can you meet all their needs and do you want to? That’s competing with God! Some go for it.
What will people do for Nirvana? A lot! But Jesus offers His hands to you - personally. He offers to take you on a journey with Him, He is willing to link His life to yours, He will even marry you if you accept Him and His Vision. It's not Nirvana, but it is Jesus.
We have to be careful that what we call virtue is really virtue. Nirvana is not virtue when it desensitizes you to others. Virtue will send healing life and strength into people! It's the Anointing.
Pam Clark Ministries
PO Box 484
Moravian Falls, NC 28654
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